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>>> Explanation of this document, by Douglas Valentine:

Dated 9 July 1967, MACV Dir. 381-41 was written by CIA officers James Ward and Evan Parker, and MACV Counter-Intelligence chief Colonel Junichi Buhto. Parker became the first director of ICEX/Phoenix. Ward had his finger on the pulse of field operations, and Buhto was the military's liaison to CIA.

MACV 381-41 officially authorized the ICEX Program. It stated the purpose, scope, concept, and organization of ICEX, while describing its committee system and its principle "rifle shot" (meaning assassination) method of operation. It told where ICEX coordinators would come from (including the Central Registry Detachment) and scheduled the establishment of ICEX committees by 15 July 1967 at corps, province, and district levels.

MACV 381-41 is clearly a unilateral American document, and ICEX is clearly a unilateral American program with no mention of the Vietnamese. This is why it is so important. It is six pages long with an organizational chart at the end.

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